Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Cal* Bostic Georgie Girl Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Aarons And Ackley* Devil Song ST
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Fear Itself
Priscilla* Rollins I Know Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Jonathan Edwards Never Together Sailboat
Country Mcdonald Joe* Jean Desprez War War War
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) (There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World Love Serenade
Aarons And Ackley* Could Have Had Anything You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Don't You Have any Love in Your Heart? Ellen McIlwaine
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Betrothed Girl Ukrainian Pops
Charmaines* (You Are) Hypnotized (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Needs It Everybody Needs It
Buddy Knox Rock House ST
Jonathan Edwards Sailboat Sailboat
Oscar* McLollie For the Good Times ST
Priscilla* Rollins Letter to Mommy & Daddy Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ernie* Smith Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh Skareggae
Aarons And Ackley* Don't You And I
Exponians Yellow Bird Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Boots Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Priscilla* Rollins Why Can't I touch You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Theme from Canada Love Serenade
Ernie* Smith Top Rankin Skankin To Behold Jah
Alpha Centauri Earth in Motion ST
Jack Holland Get it Behind You Girl The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
David Amram Song for Kenya Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Reapers Harvest Ukrainian Pops
Exponians Wicked Woman Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Call War War War
Jonathan Edwards Evangelina Sailboat
Nelson* Riddle The Caribou British Columbia Suite
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Oscar* McLollie Like to Live the Love ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Can't Eat Shirley Lewis Show Band
Aarons And Ackley* You And I You And I
Albert Jones* I Feel So Good The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Keep On Everybody Needs It
Dils* Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine) Made In Canada
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Traditional 'Trojista' Music Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Zambonis* Boom Boom Boom To Bleed Black and Gold
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Late Night Movies I'm a Song
Aarons And Ackley* Oh What a Good Time You And I
The Revelaires* You're So Wrong You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Hard Hard Times Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ellen McIlwaine Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands Amist the Black Eyes
Aarons And Ackley* Swanee Song ST
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Twins War War War
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Moanin Shirley Lewis Show Band
Priscilla* Rollins I'm Sorry Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine You May be All I Need Ellen McIlwaine
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Jonathan Edwards People Get Ready Sailboat
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Good Time Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Oscar* McLollie Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie) ST
Matt Lucas* The Last Song Matt Gets Blue
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST (mono)
Loni Gamble Dance to it ST
Matt Lucas* Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Aarons And Ackley* Lay Me Down ST
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
Albert Jones* Hussle Disco The Facts of Life
Jack Holland Waco The Eyes of a Dreamer
Sidewinders Gift to the Sun Flatfoot Hustlin'
Nelson* Riddle Barkerville British Columbia Suite
Nelson* Riddle Peace River British Columbia Suite
Joe* Glazer Solidarity Forever A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Ernie* Smith Show Me a Sign To Behold Jah
Jonathan Edwards Girl from the Canyon Sailboat
Jack Holland The Time Or the Place The Eyes of a Dreamer
Aarons And Ackley* Willie Boy ST
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Honky Tonk Angel
Priscilla* Rollins Going Out of My Head Over You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby I'm a Song
Ursa Major* Lay Me Down ST
Buddy Knox Teasable, Pleasable You ST (mono)
David Amram Greasy Spoon Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Ellen McIlwaine Nothing Left to be Desired Everybody Needs It
Albert Jones* That's the Way You Lost My Love The Facts of Life
Matt Lucas* The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Albert Jones* Every Little Thing That I Do The Facts of Life
Priscilla* Rollins Softer Moments Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
Ernie* Smith Time To Behold Jah
Aarons And Ackley* Bonnie Blue You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Honky Tonk Angel
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ursa Major* Back to the Land ST
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

Kyiv, 🇺🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

The Revelaires (3)

The Revelaires (2)

The Revelaires

The Revelaires You're So Wrong (1)

The Revelaires Great Pre (1)

Matt Gets Blue

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

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